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That's great Jackie - no patches for 3 days :D

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You're doing great Cherylco :clapping: Good to see some benefits from all your hard work, right?.

Yup - coming this way too and you're right!! 1 less stop to make today on the way home :P Enjoy your snow-day !!

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Check in with us Kiwi and let us know how you are doing. We all want to do whatever we can to help you stay with your quit. It is overwhelming at times but you just need to breathe deeply (as others have said) and stay with your quit. It will get better with time. You were not born with a cigarette and a nicotine addiction, you acquired that along the way. You can get back to your original non-smoking self by just never taking another puff. Your body and mind will adjust in time and you'll have taken your life back. Stay with us Kiwi :) If I can do it; so can YOU!

Well, you have come to a good place for support in your new Quit and 5 minutes in is better than 2 minutes in so just keep marching forward (as Bakon would say). I'm wondering if you know why you relapsed after a 3 year quit? If you don't understand why that happened then it may well happen again. What have you learned from your relapse and is this the 1st time you have relapsed? This is an addiction and we are all addicts and always will be so pledging NOPE each and every day, if not on a board like this at least to ourselves, is key to making a quit stick permanently. One puff leads to one cigarette. & one cigarette. leads you back to being a full time smoker. Guess I don't need to tell you that it's up to you alone to make this happen. We are here for support and we also like to have a little fun around here as well. Quitting smoking doesn't have to be all doom & gloom. Enough preaching from me for now. Welcome aboard the Quit Train. Let's make this your last quit!! Read all you can here about this addiction and watch the videos that are available. The more you understand this addition, the better prepared you will be to fight it. We'll share what we can to help you make this permanent and perhaps you'll enjoy being part of our very special community :) See you around.

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NOPE - where are all you newbies?

Just plain freezing here. -19 this morning with a ton of snow coming next 2 days. Not impressed!!

Well done - have a glass of wine on me!!

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Yeah, so easy to do .... I'm different. I can have just one then go back to not smoking. Look at how far I've come so what's the big deal. That Not One Puff Every stuff just applies to other people. I can have "just 1" then I'll be just fine. That's the ever present Nico-addiction luring you back in. Don't listen to it!!

Haven't experience this myself but the most significant thing I have noticed since I quit is that my breathing has improved immensely and the "smoker's cough" and constantly clearing my throat when I talk to people has virtually disappeared even with just a month into my quit. This is the most valued benefit I have found so far. I could never taste or smell anything before or after my quit so no loss or gain there for me. We are all different I guess but it's interesting to hear what others are experiencing..

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-12 Welcome back Joe :D